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Back in the Day

Published 10:00 p.m. MT Aug. 20, 2015

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TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS Evelyn J Cameron?s diary from the early 1900s is stored at the Montana Historical Society in Helena. Evelyn J Cameron's diary from the early 1900s, stored at the Montana Historical Society in Helena.(Photo: TRIBUNE PHOTO/RION SANDERS)Buy Photo

Aug. 21, 1858 — The first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place.

“Domestic discord”

Aug. 21, 1884 — Butte’s Weekly Herald reported that a couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Westlake got into a family fight, and Mrs. Westlake was knocked off a veranda suffering severe injuries. Mr. Westlake tried to take his own life in jail. The paper called it “domestic discord.”

Col. Malmstrom dies in crash

Aug. 21, 1954 — Col. Einar Malmstrom died in the crash of a T33 west of Gore Hill during a training flight which developed trouble shortly after take-off.